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GREEN HYDROGEN
Greenzo Energy to supply electrolysers to power

Oman airport

An indigenous electrolyser manu-
factured in Gujarat by New Delhi-
based Greenzo Energy Pvt. Ltd.
will produce 400 units of electricity
per hour to help light up the Oman
airport, using green hydrogen pro-
duced by splitting water utilising
solar power.

“In a Rs. 130-crore deal, we will be
sending the 1-MW alkaline electroly-
ser to Oman. As part of a pilot project,
it will produce green hydrogen which
will be integrated with fuel cells to
light up the airport. dusk, the hydrogen will be converted According to Mr. Agarwal, the
back to electricity using fuel cells and indigenously-produced electrolyser can
The electricity produced might atmospheric oxygen. produce green hydrogen at a cost of
satiate the need of a portion of the Rs. 280 per kg, if the electricity supplied
airport’s power requirement,” said “The entire unit including the fuel costs Rs. 3 per unit. He noted that the
Mr. Sandeep Agarwal, founder and cells will be supplied to Oman by us. It electrolyser has the ability to function
CEO of the company. will produce 400 units per hour for the round the clock. “This product is the
airport,” said Mr. Agarwal, adding that culmination of 10 years of hard work
The 18-kg of hydrogen produced the products needed for building the behind perfecting this technology,” he
per hour during the day will be fur- electrolyser was sourced locally from added. The company has already got an
ther purifi ed and stored in tanks. After Ahmedabad. order book of Rs. 1,200-crore.
PROMOTING EXPORTS
RoDTEP benefi ts extended to SEZs, EOUs

The Central Government has to India’s exports, constituting approxi- has a budget of Rs. 15,070-crore with an
announced extension of benefi ts under mately 25 percent of our exports. Amidst additional increase of 10% in FY25.
the popular export promotion scheme, global economic uncertainties and supply
Remission of Duties and Taxes on chain disruptions, extending RoDTEP to Under RoDTEP, announced for over
Exported Products (RoDTEP), to export the uncovered sectors such as AA, EOU, 8,500 products, various Central and State
oriented units (EOUs), units in special and SEZ units will help the exporting duties, taxes, and levies imposed on input
economic zones (SEZs) and Advance community in handling the international products, among others, are refunded to
Authorisation (AA) holders. headwinds,” it said. exporters. The current RoDTEP rates are
in the range of 0.3-4.3%. “The extension
Keeping budgetary allocation in The RoDTEP scheme is an important of the RoDTEP scheme to these sectors
view, the extension of RoDTEP bene- one for refunding various embedded taxes is aimed at enhancing India’s export
fi ts to additional sectors is presently till and duties on exported products. Since competitiveness in international markets.
September 30, 2024, a release issued by its inception in January 2021, the scheme Key sectors such as engineering, textiles,
the Commerce Department noted. “This has provided support amounting to chemicals, pharmaceuticals and food pro-
decision comes in recognition of the signi- Rs. 42,000-crore to over 10,500 export items. cessing and many others stand to benefi t
fi cant contribution these sectors make In the current fi nancial year, the scheme from the measure,” the note said.

142 Chemical Weekly March 19, 2024

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